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Chapter 2: "Wands Upon a Dream"
(No Ones POV)
Marco is sitting on Star's bed as he still shock on what happened to her. Star at that moment was looking through some stuff on her room and found one of Marco's hoodie that she kept and used to portrait herself as him when she was sleep spelling.
Star wears his red hoodie. "Look! Look! Mawco! I'm you now!" she said as she started skipping happily around the room.
Marco keeps it together and took a deep breath and looks at floor, "Okay... Relax Marco... T-this is just a minor set back. S-she'll return back to normal..." he thought to himself as she stared back at Star who is now making a cape with his hoodie. "Soon... I think?..."
"Mawco! Mawco!" said Star as she started walking towards Marco and was tugging his jam-jams much to his confusion.
"Mawco! Mawco! Let's go play!" she said as she tightens her grip on him.
"N-not now Star... We need to find a way to get you back to normal!" he said as he puts his finger under his chin.
Marco then saw Star yawning and stared at the clock. It was already 11:30 p.m.
"Oh man... It's already late." he thought to himself. "Okay Star. I think we need to take care of this problem tomorrow. Since you are in your current child form, you need rest." he said as he knelt down on the same height as Star.
"But... I want to play..." she said as she started rubbing her eyes and yawning.
"N-no buts young lady. It's already late. You need some sleep." he said as he stands up and was about to leave.
"Mawco!"
Marco turns around, "What is it?" Star then raised both his arms much to Marco's confusion. "Pick!" she said as she started hopping while still raising her arms. She wants him to pick her up.
"A-alright then..." he slightly blushed for a moment as he picks her up.
"Yaaay!" she cheered as she hugged his face. Marco can feel his whole face getting hotter.
~Grrrrmmmm...~
Marco snaps out of it and stared at Star. She then placed her hands on her tummy as it started rumbling.
"I'm hungwy..." she said to Marco as she rubbed her tummy.
"Ok ok... But just one midnight snack ok?"
"Okie!" Star cheered.
(Downstairs at the Kitchen)
Marco was digging through the fridge to find something edible for Star to eat. He then pulls out a bowl of leftover nachos.
"Is this good enough for you?" he handed the bowl of nachos to Star. Star then looks at it for a moment then releases a giant grin on her face. "Yaaay! Nachoooooooossss!" she cheered as she charges her face in the bowl and starts eating. After 5 minutes... "~burp~ Done!". Marco gets a napkin and wipes her whole face.
"Satisfied?" he said as he brings out a glass of water.
"Yesh!" she then drank the water and started yawning again.
"Now are you ready to go to bed?" Marco said as he carried Star. She rubbed her eyes and just nodded and both went upstairs to her bedroom.
(Upstairs)
Marco tucked her into bed and gently closes the door as she falls asleep immediately. "Good Night Star..." he whispered before completely closing the door. Marco stands in front of her door for a second and quickly tip toed across his room and closes the door. He jumped on his bed and stares at the ceiling.
"We need to sort this out as quickly as possible or else, i'm gonna be stuck baby sitting a magical girl from another dimension." He said as he puts a pillow on his face. "I hope she gets back her senses tomorrow to reverse that spell before her parents find out.." he paused for a while. "Her parents!" he said as he throw his pillow upward. " If they found out what happened, they'll send her to St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses." Suddenly a streak of lightning and thunder occured as he stared outside the window... It started raining. "O..kaaaaay?" he stands up and starts to get worried "I can't let that happen!".
Of course as his best friend, he can't let anything happen to her or even take her away from him. He started to do brainstorming to find an excuse if ever Star's parents find out.
(7:00 in the morning)
Dawn came already and our quirky little karate boy didn't sleep a blink. He stayed up all night trying to think about what will happen to Star if ever she won't return back to normal. The sun shone into his room and a completely tired Marco just hissed at the sun's shine. "Its morning already!? Ugh!" he then layed on his bed for a while and started yawning. "Just gonna... take... a little nap." He was about to close his eyes to sleep when...
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" O_O Marco then jumped out of his bed and went straight running towards the room of... Star?.
Without hesitation, Marco quickly opened the door . "Star!? What!? What happened!?" he said as he was panting heavily.
"MARCO! Wha... WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BODY!?" Star said as she looked at her appearance in her mirror. "All I wanted was to look more appealing not... to look more younger!?" she paused for a while and replayed her spell on her mind before she facepalmed. "Magical Youth Appealer! Ugh!" she said frustratingly then stared at Marco who was now really confused. She ran towards Marco and looked up, "You gotta help me change back Marco!". Marco snaps out of it and looked at Star.
"Star?"
"Yes?"
"You didn't remember anything... from last night?"
"Last night? All I remember was waking up this morning with this body."
"You can't remember.. Anything?"
"No I don't. Did I... do something last night?"
"You were acting all childlike last night."
"I was?"
"Well, its a different kind of childlike from what you are now. Its like... your a complete kid from the inside and out."
"You said what now?" she said as she stands there motionless. "If this spell starts to take an effect on my mind and action, it might be too late! I may not return to my old self in time!"
The sun then shone at Star's bedroom where it illuminates a glow from the side of her bed. It was the royal magic wand. "That's it! I'll just transform myself back to normal!" she was about to grab the wand when...
~ZAP!~ "Ouch! Hey!"
The wand automatically shielded itself with a magical orb-like electricity.
"Hey! What's the big deal wand?" she tried to reach for the wand again but alas...
~ZAP!~ "Ouch! What's going on? The wand won't let me touch it!"
Marco then walked towards her, "Maybe... We should tell your-"
"My parents!? Oh no! If they find out I messed up again, they'll send me to St. O's KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! And you, wanted me to tell them what happened?" she said as she started panicking.
"You haven't finished me yet! I was about to say we should tell your Dad about this. Maybe he knows something about magical spells like that."
"Dad! Of course! Good thing I can say all of my secrets from him behind Mom... Still, I hope she doesn't find out about this!" she then walked towards her mirror phone. "Marco! I want you to be the one standing in the mirror!"
"Huh? Why me?"
"Just do it!"
"Fine!"
Star then hides besides the mirror phone and said... "Mirror, mirror on the wall... Call Dad!"
"Calling Dad..." the mirror said as it tries to connect to Mewnie's mirror phone.
The mirror then showed King Butterflies image.
"Ah! Star! What a pleasant sur-" the King stopped as he saw a boy in front of the mirror waving and not his daughter.
"Marco? Where's my daughter?" he said confused.
"Your highness... Uhhmm... About that... Can you keep a secret? I mean, for Star's sake?" he said as he bow his head a little as a sign of respect for the King.
"Why of course! Anything for my prescious daughter!"
"Well... Star accidentally turned hersefl... Young..."
"You said WHAT!?" he said in shock. "Where is she?"
Marco grabbed Star's arms and lifted her in front of the mirror.
She just smiled nervously and waved at his father. "Hi Dad! Hehe...he..."
"This is not good.." he replied as if there's something bad's going to happen.
"Not good? Why dad?" Star said in confusion.
"We need to discuss this in personal my daughter. This... is serious..." he said as he cut the connection from the mirror phone.
"Wait Dad! Ugh! Uhhmm... Marco... You can put me down now."
"Oh! Yeah right! Sorry..." he puts down Star. "What was your Dad gonna say that's important anyway?"
"I have no clue..."
Then suddenly, a portal opened from out of nowhere and a person came out from it.
"Dad!?" she said in shock as his Dad walked closer to her and examines her.
"Just as I thought..." he then stared at Marco "Did anything strange occur to her while she was in this form?"
"Actually your highness, there was. Before she came back to her normal senses, she was acting all childlike. But it was different from what she is right now."
"Dad you're scaring me. What's happening? Or what's going to happen to me if I stay like this longer?" she said as she grabbed his Dad's cape.
The King was hesitant for a moment. "I think its best if you first listen to this story I'm going to tell you before I explain everything."
"Story?" both Star and Marco said in confusion.
The King sat down at the rug same as Marco and Star did.
"A long time ago before the time of the great galaxy war, a planet called Andreas was once a powerful race where magical beings lived happily and worship objects that are to be believe posseses magical elements. At the other side of the planet, there was a kingdom ruled by a King and Queen. They named their kingdom Maria. There, lived a white-haired girl named Celestia. Celestia at that time was 14 years old. She was only a servant at the kingdom. She has been a servant girl for as long as she can remember. The castle staff said that she was found at one of the most sacred grounds of Andreas. The people there didn't saw anything unusual or anything powerful about her, so she was just ignored. But unknown to everyone except for the King, Queen and the staffs, she have this incredible abilities that no one in the universe can ever posses. A kind of magical power that can only be powered by love of the people surrounding her. She was happy living in the castle for many years now and the King and Queen treated her as if she was their daughter. Everything was great... everything was perfect... until one tragic day..."
Marco and Star were next to each other eating nachos while listening to King Butterfly's story, "And then what? What?" both said in curiosity.
"Let me finish!"
"Sorry..." both said at the same time.
"The King and Queen had gotten Ill because of aging. They were not surprise at Celestia since she hasn't age even a little bit. She maintained her 14 yr old body... still young... still powerful. Both the King and Queen decided to let her take care of Kingdom Maria since not long will they live anymore and they wanted someone to take care of their beloved kingdom, someone very dear to their hearts. Celestia was so heart broken to the point that she cried as if there was no tomorrow for her. She cared for them. She loved them as family and she's not going to let them die just like that. She held both of her hands to reach the King and Queen's. There was a moment of silence. The King and Queen suddenly felt something weird. Both rose as if they just woke up from a bad dream. They froze for a moment and looked at Celestia who was breathing heavily. She used her powers to insert youth in their bodies. They got worried at Celestia's state and they let her rest for a while and thanked her for giving them a second chance to live. An eavesdropping staff saw what happened and he told the other staff about it. But, the conversation did not end there. The news was spread across the whole kingdom and then was passed on to the whole planet, till it reached the deepest parts of the galaxy."
"That's terrible! And then what happened?" said Star as she shoved more nachos into her mouth.
"After those events, Celestia was force to be hidden within the walls of the kingdom. People tried to get in to get to her power but failed to do so. She was scared and at the same time terrified but the reassurance of the King and Queen kept her sane. Then one day, a dark empire rose throuought the walls of the kingdom. The said empire was from another galaxy and wanted to take Celestia's powers for their own selfish needs and desires. They broke into the walls and started attacking and killing innocent people. Celestia watched with her very own eyes as they were all killed one by one. A need for power... turned into war... It lasted for days, then months. All of them, died just to take her power. She can't take it anymore and she faced the whole entire army of the said dark empire. The King and Queen watched in horror as they see Celestia started to emit light from her body. She starred at the King and Queen before saying her final words to them. ~"I am a curse. But, you believe in me that I'm a gift. I will use all of the kindness and happiness that you gave me to stop this war. I will never forget all of you. I am... eternally greatful to all you. I love all of you, from the bottom of my heart."~ And with those final words, the glow becomes a massive supernova-like explosion. And with that, the whole entire dark army was wiped out of the kingdom. Kingdom Maria was at peace once again, but it was a sorrow day for all of the people of the kingdom for the lost of the King and Queen's precious 'daughter'. But some rumors said that her magic powers has been wondering around throughout the galaxies, searching for a body of pure love and happiness which Celestia possesses when she was still alive."
Marco and Star both have tissues in their hands. "That was... ~sniff~ too beautiful!" she said as she blowed her nose with a tissue.
"But, wait a second. How does this 'story' of yours connected to Star being young and the wand rejecting her?" said Marco as he stands up trying to pick up pieces of tissues.
The King then stands up with a very serious tone "Star being in her youth state, might attract once again... the dark empire."
"WHAT!?" both froze at where they're standing. "B-but Dad! I thought you said Celestia wiped out all of the entire dark empire!?"
"I know, but they managed to re-colonized at the deepest parts of the galaxy. I still don't know why they 'still' lived"
"Dad..."
"Yes Star?"
"Are they gonna go after me?"
There was a moment of silence. "We still don't know yet my darling."
"But Dad, why do I get the feeling that... you were so sure that they're after me. And if that happens... Why me?" she said as she looked up to her Dad with worry.
"Star... the royal magic wand possesses all of the different kinds of magical properties in the entire universe... either its alive... or dead... Since Celestia's magical powers are so strong, it powered the wand all by itself without the other magical properties helping it."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying this because, Celestia's magical powers might still be flowing and might have transferred in to your youth form."
Star was in shock and so was Marco "Are you saying... Celestia's powers are within me?"
"I'm afraid so... Star... When you cast that youth spell on yourself, it might have also transferred Celestia's youth and magic in to you... Her happiness of protecting the people she loved kept her magic strong. Her magic is alive but longing for a body of pure love and happiness. I know to myself that you're pure of love and happiness, that's why the magic was transferred to you"
"If the magic was transferred to her then, would that mean that her wand is in no use right now?" Marco replied.
"I don't think so boy. Like I said, there are a lot of magical properties in that wand that has been stored. Since Celestia's magic occupied the wand, the excess magical properties was hidden for some reasons."
"So, she can do magic without her wand?"
"If she knows how to master it. But, there might be side effects because of her youth. Like,acting like a child, just like you said Marco and many other stuff that I can't explain in details. But right now, she doesn't know how to use it".
"And I can't do anything about it because I can't use my magic wand? Why was the wand rejecting me anyway?" Star said when stared at the wand.
"Star, remembered when you got the wand? It was your 14th birthday. The same age or rather the same state of youth as Celestia before she died. The only reason it rejected you, its because you are too young enough to handle the wand and overcome its magical properties."
"So that's why it keeps rejecting me. If I don't know how to use Celestia's powers yet, how can I return back to normal then?"
"Hmmmmm..." the King thinks for a moment and then shots his eyes on Marco.
Marco saw it and got nervous "Y-yes.. your highness?"
The King went closer to Marco to examine him. "Maybe... Maybe your best friend here should do the trick!"
"Ha?"
"Ha?"
"HAAAAA!?"
"Marco. I'm giving you full permission to handling and guarding the wand. The age won't be a problem since he's already 14, right?" he puts both of his hands on Marco's shoulders.
"M-me!? But, your highness! I-I can't handle magic well unlike your daughter... Im not a magical being from another dimension... I'm just... Marco..."
"And you are her best friend..." Marco stopped as he heard those words. "That's why you are perfect for the job! I'm not allowed to be the one guarding it since my wife might know about this whole incident and might sent her to St. Olga's-"
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Star passes through them screaming. "ST.O's! ST.O's! ST. O's!" she then hides under a pile of laundry.
"See what I mean? So, I trust you Marco Diaz, the best friend of Star, to protect her and the wand. If anything goes wrong... any magic related problems... consult to the magic instruction book, or you can always contact me. But, you have to figure out the right spells boy. They might sense her at any time or date..." the King said as he cut a portal in front of them.
"Wait your highness! Why don't you just tell me the right spells so I can just magically return her back to normal?" he said as he pleaded with him.
"I have to be honest with you Marco, I don't know anything about those magic spells. That's why my wife was the only one holding the royal magic wand. Try asking my wife-"
"Never mind! Carry on..." he said nervously.
"I knew I can trust on you with my daughter and the wand's safety!" he smiled as he went inside the portal.
"Wait Dad!" Star then came running towards her Dad and hugs him. "I'm sorry I cause this trouble Dad! I'm really sorry!"
The King hugs her back, "It was never your fault my dear. Everybody makes mistake. And you can always learn new things from those mistake as long as you don't do them the second time or even repeat them."
Star smiled "I won't Dad! I promise!"
The King then just nodded and the portal closes in front of her.
Inside the Portal. "It's best that you know what happened a long time ago my daughter". The King pulls out a crystal shard on his pocket and squeeze in with his hand. "You can never defeat my daughter. 'Cause I know to myself, she has a best friend by her side. And nothing is more stronger and magical than the bond of those two."
Back at Star's Room
Star walked towards Marco, "Well, well! Marco! Looks like you're the brand new bearer of the wand!" she smiled as she pulled him towards the wand, that is still protected by a magical orb-like electricity.
"Are you even sure this is going to work Star?" he slowly reaches for the wand.
"Of course I know becau-"
Marco grabbed the wand and it emits a powerful light. The wand transforms into Marco's image... The wand turned color red with Yin and Yang symbol with a yellow ring surrounding it, in the middle, there's a star on top of the wands head. The angel wings turned into metallic wings and a small green ribbon tied in the handle.
Marco and Star watches with awe as the wand transforms.
"OH MY GOSH! MARCO! The wand! It looks amazing!" she tried to poke the wand but the same thing happened.. ~ZAP!~ "Ouch! I am never gonna touch you again! But you look so awesome, I want to touch it again!" she said with sparkling eyes.
"So... This is what the wand looks like in my image..." Marco stops then burst out of happiness "THIS IS AWESOME! WOW! Now let me try to do a spell... hmmmmm..."
He looks around Star's room which is a complete mess. He stared at Star and she just rubbed the back of her head out of embarrassment.
"Maybe we should try cleaning up your room." Marco then waves the wand. "Awesome Cleaning Vacuum Tornado!"
As he said those words, a giant tornado came down from the ceiling and starts picking up all of Star's mess. "Well, this went we-" He stopped when the tornado starts to suck all of things inside Star's room.
"AHHH! MARCO!" Star was getting suck inside the tornado as he panicked.
"WAHH! M-MAGICAL TORNADO EXTINCTION!" he points the wand at tornado then it disappeared.
He then lays on the floor "I got a long day to practice!"
Star layed next to him "You said it mouth full"
End of Chapter 2
~Whoo! Finally doooone! Chapter 3 will be soon! I hope this time imma finish it early unlike this one... It took me a month lol... So busy at school recently. I'm so sorry.:'( I'm gonna post on tumblr the poster of this chapter... .com stay tuned... lol XD~
